Fleebay!!!!:cry3: The corms did look good on the sellers page but the ones I received were nothing like that. In fact one had a bit of mildew on...
Thanks for your input Jenny. I do not want a standard type look with a bare stem and flowers at the top. Having said that I only wanted to see...
Thanks for the advice.At the moment I have no large elastic bands so am using string but will buy some knicker or in my case pant elastic...
Normally we buy some sweet peas from garden centre as we did last year but said the seeds. Planted the seeds in unheated greenhouse and they...
I knew someone would suss it out:):) I should of looked the first use of the word "plastic" and it was the 1600`s!!! But as you say Zigs why apply...
Hi All, Once a week I always pop into the charity shops looking for gardening books that seem interesting.Latest purchase was Britain`s Favorite...
Hi All. I purchased Lady in Black plugs which are growing nicely.I know they are not climbers like sweet pea or clematis as they do not have...
May be a silly question but when you cover a plant with a plastic bag should you make some holes in it for air circulation and stop condensation...
7.53 and nice & sunny.Hot air ballon up in sky so I presume there will not be not much wind today.Wife up at 4:30am as she was wide awake.Went...
I mentioned in a previous post about the 5 Calla I purchased off eBay. Potted them up and left them in greenhouse. The thing that worried me was...
Thanks to all for your advice.Zigs ,that looks like a pumpkin with beetroots growing out of it,huge:):)
Thanks for info Zigs. I wonder if a cold frame would be idea once they come off of the heat? have not got one but no problem to buy or make one.
I think my beetroot have bolted away already!! Germinated the seeds in electric propagator and when they were about 1/2" high transferred them to...
Very enlightening comment Kristen about the slow growth of Petunias. As I have mentioned,1st year for growing flowers from seeds.The 1st we...
Too windy & heavy rain showers to plant the perennials today so I thought I would sit down and get to grips with starting a grow light/box. I am...
I know how you feel clueless ,what with my blow away blowing away and my calla lilies not growing in fact one is mouldy.It is the 1st time for...
I purchased a bunch of flowers from the Co-op last week and one of the cut flowers almost looked like it was not real ,two tone pink. No idae what...
Do not make the mistake I made when I had baby begonias in 9cm pot ,I over watered them. They survived but I did read that begonias do not like...
Last year someone was selling some nice ceramic pots locally so we purchased them and went to pick them up. They asked if we wanted their blow...
Hi OxfordNick,I expect you will get different opinions but the point is,it is working for you and is well worth experimenting like you are.It is...
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